The Cosmology of the Early and Late Universe
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Nottingham
Department Name: Sch of Physics & Astronomy
Abstract
Our Universe is accelerating, distant galaxies move apart with ever increasing velocities, yet we don't know the source of this acceleration, referring to it as Dark Energy (DE). A key goal of our work is to pin down the nature of this enigmatic substance, including the possibility that it is signalling a breakdown of Einstein's description of gravity on the largest scales. The cosmological constant (CC) is the simplest DE candidate, yet the value it would have to have to be driving the acceleration is at least 60 orders of magnitude lower than we would naturally expect it to have based on the quantum theory of matter. As Pauli once observed, the electron's contribution to the CC should result in a universe no larger in size than the earth-moon distance ! We have developed two approaches to deal with the CC and will be analysing their cosmology. In both cases, we consider controlled deviations from Einstein's original model of gravity, allowing us to eliminate these dangerously large contributions to the CC. Alongside these models, we continue to ask questions about the nature of DE, and other novel long distance phenomena known as chameleons, developing new approaches to consider their effects on particles in accelerators, as well as on cold atoms in laboratory vacuum chambers.
Dark matter (DM( is an illusive substance difficult to see because it does not interact electromagnetically, and yet it completely dominates the matter content of the Universe driving the dynamics of galaxies. There are currently two main ways we use to detect DM particles: one is deep underground in direct detection experiments where the particle collides with a nucleus of a heavy atom and the recoil of the nucleus is picked up in sensitive detectors, and the other is through the indirect measurements of decay products such as very high energy gamma rays that are produced as a result of DM particles annihilating in the sun. Up until now these two approaches have been somewhat exclusive of each other using different approaches to their analysis. In this proposal we intend to develop technology that will allow for the consistent comparison of direct and indirect detection data, thereby bringing these communities together and increasing the chance of detection.
It is quite possible that the Early Universe was populated by two or more types of strings, fundamental strings whose modes of oscillations provide us with the particles we see today, and cosmic strings formed during phase transitions. Both of these strings would evolve as the universe expands and we can model their evolution. Because they are very massive (a km of cosmic string would have the mass of the moon for example), they perturb the spacetime in which they move leading to distortions in the temperature of the light in regions close to the strings. We search for this distortion in maps made from the remnant radiation from the Big Bang known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). However, the most recent maps from the Planck satellite, in which we have played an important role in analysing, there is no direct evidence of the strings. It doesn't mean they are not there, although they may not be, but it does mean they are not as massive as we thought. However, there are other signals they can leave in the polarisation of the remnant radiation and we intend to obtain the unique signals cosmic strings and cosmic superstrings would leave in such a map and then search the Planck data to see if they are found lurking in there - the first direct evidence of string theory.
One of the key problems facing modern physics concerns reconciling two of the pillars of twentieth century physics, General Relativity which governs the motion of objects on macroscopic scales and Quantum Mechanics which governs objects on the atomic scale. The effort to reconcile these is known as Quantum Gravity and in this proposal we are aiming to develop a number of approaches with that as the ultimate goal.
Dark matter (DM( is an illusive substance difficult to see because it does not interact electromagnetically, and yet it completely dominates the matter content of the Universe driving the dynamics of galaxies. There are currently two main ways we use to detect DM particles: one is deep underground in direct detection experiments where the particle collides with a nucleus of a heavy atom and the recoil of the nucleus is picked up in sensitive detectors, and the other is through the indirect measurements of decay products such as very high energy gamma rays that are produced as a result of DM particles annihilating in the sun. Up until now these two approaches have been somewhat exclusive of each other using different approaches to their analysis. In this proposal we intend to develop technology that will allow for the consistent comparison of direct and indirect detection data, thereby bringing these communities together and increasing the chance of detection.
It is quite possible that the Early Universe was populated by two or more types of strings, fundamental strings whose modes of oscillations provide us with the particles we see today, and cosmic strings formed during phase transitions. Both of these strings would evolve as the universe expands and we can model their evolution. Because they are very massive (a km of cosmic string would have the mass of the moon for example), they perturb the spacetime in which they move leading to distortions in the temperature of the light in regions close to the strings. We search for this distortion in maps made from the remnant radiation from the Big Bang known as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). However, the most recent maps from the Planck satellite, in which we have played an important role in analysing, there is no direct evidence of the strings. It doesn't mean they are not there, although they may not be, but it does mean they are not as massive as we thought. However, there are other signals they can leave in the polarisation of the remnant radiation and we intend to obtain the unique signals cosmic strings and cosmic superstrings would leave in such a map and then search the Planck data to see if they are found lurking in there - the first direct evidence of string theory.
One of the key problems facing modern physics concerns reconciling two of the pillars of twentieth century physics, General Relativity which governs the motion of objects on macroscopic scales and Quantum Mechanics which governs objects on the atomic scale. The effort to reconcile these is known as Quantum Gravity and in this proposal we are aiming to develop a number of approaches with that as the ultimate goal.
Planned Impact
Who might benefit from this research?
The most obvious group of people that will benefit from our research are particle physicists, atomic/cold atom physicists, cosmologists, astronomers and mathematicians. Our work is interdisciplinary, we use astrophysical data to constrain fundamental models of particle physics, and in doing so we introduce mathematics that will be of interest to that community. This interest is seen in the fact we are invited to give plenary talks at all the major particle physics, astronomy and mathematics conferences, for example: SUSY2014, LOOP2015, COSMOS2014. Padilla was invited to present his work on the CCP in a series of lectures to the particle physicists at CERN as well as to cosmologists and astronomers in Mexico. Copeland presented his work to particle phenomenologists at SUSY2014 and will be a plenary speaker at NAM2016, the primary Astronomy conference in the UK.
Another group of people who we may well have an impact on is the General Public. Science and cosmology in particular holds an impressive fascination with the public. The Sixty Symbols videos that we run in Nottingham are subscribed to by over half a million people, and the particle physics inspired videos are particularly popular.
How might they benefit from this research?
The academic community will benefit because our results will hopefully enable them to make progress in their own fields. For example our work on dark energy may well provide insights for the astronomical community in searching for ways of probing for dynamical dark energy, or for cold atom physicists in considering new experiments to search for it. The work on Quantum Gravity and the CCP may well have an impact on mathematicians - the proposed solutions for example may lead to new insights in mathematics and particle physics.
Our Sixty Symbols videos are very popular and we know from feedback have an impact on people, to the extent that a number of people turn to studying physics having watched them. As an example of their popularity, three extended videos on topics covered in this proposal (Inflation, Cosmic Strings and Dark Energy) made by Copeland following his IOP award have been viewed over 870,000 times.
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMxm0HSZCDU7rMAWOt7zLgp]
The most obvious group of people that will benefit from our research are particle physicists, atomic/cold atom physicists, cosmologists, astronomers and mathematicians. Our work is interdisciplinary, we use astrophysical data to constrain fundamental models of particle physics, and in doing so we introduce mathematics that will be of interest to that community. This interest is seen in the fact we are invited to give plenary talks at all the major particle physics, astronomy and mathematics conferences, for example: SUSY2014, LOOP2015, COSMOS2014. Padilla was invited to present his work on the CCP in a series of lectures to the particle physicists at CERN as well as to cosmologists and astronomers in Mexico. Copeland presented his work to particle phenomenologists at SUSY2014 and will be a plenary speaker at NAM2016, the primary Astronomy conference in the UK.
Another group of people who we may well have an impact on is the General Public. Science and cosmology in particular holds an impressive fascination with the public. The Sixty Symbols videos that we run in Nottingham are subscribed to by over half a million people, and the particle physics inspired videos are particularly popular.
How might they benefit from this research?
The academic community will benefit because our results will hopefully enable them to make progress in their own fields. For example our work on dark energy may well provide insights for the astronomical community in searching for ways of probing for dynamical dark energy, or for cold atom physicists in considering new experiments to search for it. The work on Quantum Gravity and the CCP may well have an impact on mathematicians - the proposed solutions for example may lead to new insights in mathematics and particle physics.
Our Sixty Symbols videos are very popular and we know from feedback have an impact on people, to the extent that a number of people turn to studying physics having watched them. As an example of their popularity, three extended videos on topics covered in this proposal (Inflation, Cosmic Strings and Dark Energy) made by Copeland following his IOP award have been viewed over 870,000 times.
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBMxm0HSZCDU7rMAWOt7zLgp]
Organisations
- University of Nottingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- Royal Holloway, University of London (Collaboration)
- Rice University (Collaboration)
- St. Andrews University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
Publications
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Bärenz M
(2017)
Dichromatic State Sum Models for Four-Manifolds from Pivotal Functors
in Communications in Mathematical Physics
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Torres T
(2017)
Rotational superradiant scattering in a vortex flow
in Nature Physics
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Kolekar S
(2017)
Quantum memory for Rindler supertranslations
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Rybak I
(2017)
Semianalytic calculation of cosmic microwave background anisotropies from wiggly and superconducting cosmic strings
in Physical Review D
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Herfray Y
(2017)
Pure connection formulation, twistors, and the chase for a twistor action for general relativity
in Journal of Mathematical Physics
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Bahamonde S
(2017)
Dynamical systems applied to cosmology: dark energy and modified gravity
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Franchini N
(2017)
Black hole horizons at the extremal limit in Lorentz-violating gravity
in Physical Review D
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Burrage C
(2018)
Fifth forces, Higgs portals and broken scale invariance
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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Benkel R
(2018)
Dynamical obstruction to perpetual motion from Lorentz-violating black holes
in Physical Review D
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Del Nobile E
(2018)
A complete Lorentz-to-Galileo dictionary for direct Dark Matter detection
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Andersen JO
(2018)
Nonperturbative Analysis of the Electroweak Phase Transition in the Two Higgs Doublet Model.
in Physical review letters
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Sotiriou T
(2018)
Detecting Lorentz Violations with Gravitational Waves From Black Hole Binaries
in Physical Review Letters
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Louko J
(2018)
Low-energy Lorentz violation from high-energy modified dispersion in inertial and circular motion
in Physical Review D
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Hindmarsh M
(2018)
Scaling in necklaces of monopoles and semipoles
in Physical Review D
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Padilla A
(2018)
Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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Dev P
(2018)
Resonant enhancement in leptogenesis
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
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Contreras D
(2018)
Closing in on the large-scale CMB power asymmetry
in Physical Review D
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Silva HO
(2018)
Spontaneous Scalarization of Black Holes and Compact Stars from a Gauss-Bonnet Coupling.
in Physical review letters
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Braden J
(2018)
Towards the cold atom analog false vacuum
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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Carrington M
(2018)
Smooth and sharp creation of a spherical shell for a ( 3 + 1 )-dimensional quantum field
in Physical Review D
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Green A
(2018)
Pitfalls of a power-law parametrization of the primordial power spectrum for primordial black hole formation
in Physical Review D
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Burrage C
(2018)
The shape dependence of chameleon screening
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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Cutting D
(2018)
Gravitational waves from vacuum first-order phase transitions: From the envelope to the lattice
in Physical Review D
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Niedermann F
(2018)
Higher order clockwork gravity
in Physical Review D
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Juárez-Aubry B
(2018)
Quantum fields during black hole formation: how good an approximation is the Unruh state?
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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Emir Gümrükçüoglu A
(2018)
Horava gravity after GW170817
in Physical Review D
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Sokolov B
(2018)
Unruh effect and information flow
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Niedermann F
(2018)
Rotating kinky braneworlds
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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Dev P
(2018)
Flavor effects in leptogenesis
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
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Sabulsky D
(2018)
Experiment to detect dark energy forces using atom interferometry
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Biondini S
(2018)
Status of rates and rate equations for thermal leptogenesis
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
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Rybak I
(2018)
Collisions of cosmic strings with chiral currents
in Physical Review D
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Oliveira J
(2018)
EPRL/FK asymptotics and the flatness problem
in Classical and Quantum Gravity
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Mou Z
(2018)
Simulations of cold electroweak baryogenesis: dependence on the source of CP-violation
in Journal of High Energy Physics
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Alexandre J
(2018)
Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
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Torres T
(2018)
Waves on a vortex: rays, rings and resonances
in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
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Amendola L
(2018)
Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite.
in Living reviews in relativity
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Babichev E
(2018)
The sound of DHOST
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
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Amin M
(2018)
Gravitational waves from asymmetric oscillon dynamics?
in Physical Review D
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Benkel R
(2018)
Causal structure of black holes in shift-symmetric Horndeski theories
in Physical Review D
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Kolekar S
(2018)
Quantum memory for Rindler supertranslations
in Physical Review D
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Patrick S
(2018)
Black Hole Quasibound States from a Draining Bathtub Vortex Flow.
in Physical review letters
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Bhardwaj A
(2018)
Inflation in Loop Quantum Cosmology
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Dombrowski J
(2018)
Kinetic field theory: cosmic structure formation and fluctuation-dissipation relations
in Journal of Physics Communications
Description | The grant covers a wide range cosmology related to the early universe, late universe and then the area of strong gravity. Specific findings relate to constraining models of dark energy and dark matter, as well as modified theories of gravity and ways to address the cosmological constant problem. |
Exploitation Route | They have been used in helping others working in the field, decide which models best fit the data and where we should be looking in the context of fundamental theory for particle physics inspired models of cosmology. |
Sectors | Education |
Description | We have used some of the research outputs as a basis for the successful Sixty Symbols and Numberphile video series we contribute to. |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Education |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
Description | Black Hole Superradiance in Rotating Fluids |
Amount | ÂŁ319,511 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P00637X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2016 |
End | 11/2019 |
Description | Cosmology in a Superconducting Magnet |
Amount | ÂŁ30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2017 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | DIVA award |
Amount | ÂŁ5,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Durham University |
Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2019 |
End | 12/2020 |
Description | ERC Consolidator Grant |
Amount | € 1,150,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | ERC-2013-CoG-617656 TheMoDS |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 08/2014 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | ERC Starter Grant |
Amount | € 1,375,226 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 3064425 |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 01/2012 |
End | 07/2017 |
Description | FQXI |
Amount | ÂŁ7,500 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RK2221 |
Organisation | Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United States |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 08/2018 |
Description | IPPP Associateship |
Amount | ÂŁ3,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Durham University |
Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2016 |
End | 09/2017 |
Description | Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant. |
Amount | ÂŁ202,993 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2017 |
End | 03/2020 |
Description | Leverhulme Trust as a Research leadership Award |
Amount | ÂŁ802,923 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2017 |
End | 08/2022 |
Description | Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics |
Amount | ÂŁ4,208,091 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T006900/1 |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2021 |
End | 06/2024 |
Description | Research Fellows Enhancement Award 2017 |
Amount | ÂŁ97,078 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RGF\EA\180286 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 12/2017 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Research Fellows Enhancement Awards 2018 |
Amount | ÂŁ189,387 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RGF\EA\181015 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Research Leadership Awards |
Amount | ÂŁ982,358 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RL-2019-020 |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2020 |
End | 12/2021 |
Description | Royal Society |
Amount | ÂŁ84,148 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RGF\R1\180030 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Royal Society University Research Fellowship |
Amount | ÂŁ410,731 (GBP) |
Funding ID | UF130549 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2014 |
End | 09/2019 |
Description | Rutherford Fellowships |
Amount | ÂŁ448,213 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/R003904/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 03/2024 |
Description | URF Royal Society |
Amount | ÂŁ425,814 (GBP) |
Funding ID | UF160622 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2018 |
End | 12/2022 |
Description | URF Royal Society |
Amount | ÂŁ200,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | UF120112 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2018 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Univ of Nottingham |
Amount | ÂŁ7,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | RA22FR |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 07/2019 |
Description | University Research Fellowships Renewals |
Amount | ÂŁ322,150 (GBP) |
Funding ID | URF\R\180038 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 10/2018 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | Axion project |
Organisation | Rice University |
Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Prof. Mustafa Amin - Rice University |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaborations on a paper. |
Impact | None |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | CERNs Physics Beyond Colliders program |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | Physics Department |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Clare Burrage - Convenor of the BSM theory working group part of CERNs Physics Beyond Colliders program |
Collaborator Contribution | Members of the working group. |
Impact | None yet |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | COST Network |
Organisation | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) |
Department | COST Action |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | John Barrett - COST network MP1405. He is on the management committee as UK rep |
Collaborator Contribution | They are members of the management committee. |
Impact | Monte Carlo simulations of random non-commutative geometries John W Barrett and Lisa Glaser Published 11 May 2016 • © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Volume 49, Number 24 |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Collaboration to mimic early universe scenarios in table-top experiments |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Department | School of Mathematics Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We - Anastasios Avgoustidis, Richard J. A. Hill, Silke Weinfurtner and Steffen Gielen - started a collaboration to develop and investigate early universe scenarios in table-top experiments. This has lead to one pre-print article https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05843 mentioned in the public press https://www.wired.com/story/to-understand-the-universe-physicists-are-building-their-own/ and a Nottingham University internal research grant in the amount of 30k GBP. |
Collaborator Contribution | The only collaborator not listed on the STFC grant is Richard J. A. Hill, who is an expert in magnet physics. |
Impact | https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05843 - to be published as rapid communication in Phys. Rev. E. This is a truly interdisciplinary collaboration between cosmology, analogue gravity and magnet physics. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | King's College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | Newcastle University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | Royal Holloway, University of London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | St. Andrews University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I am leading the Quantum Simulator for Fundamental Physics (qSimFP) consortium, which includs 13 investigators from 7 UK ROs. The consortium was formed in 2018-2020. |
Collaborator Contribution | UK R&D: UK experimental facilities funded by qSimFP consortium The initial funding will be used to set up a versatile early universe simulator (Cambridge) and two types of versatile quantum black hole simulators (Nottingham, RHUL and St. Andrews). UK theory and modelling support The experimental facilities will be supported by the qSimFP Fundamental Physics consortium at KCL, Nottingham, UCL, RHUL and Newcastle. International partners: International experimental partner facilities Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology, Atominstitut, TU-Wien: 10% of Prof. Schmiedmayer's and Dr. Erne's FEC, and 10% of the time on quantum gas experiment (valued 1M€). To conduct the relevant experiments 20% of 1 postdoc and 2 PhD students will be committed. International theory and modelling support Our theoretical efforts will be supported by 4 external partners from Canada and Germany. The external partners are Jonathan Braden (contribution in kind 13k CAD, Canada), Matthew Johnson (153k CAD contribution in kind, Canada), Ralf Schützhold (110k € contribution in kind, Germany) and W.G. Unruh (90k CAD contribution in kind, Canada). |
Impact | Funding through the Quantum Technology for Fundamental Physics initiative started in November 2020 with the project duration of 3 years and 5 months. The total budget of qSimFP is 4.2M GBP. The consortium included world-leading scientists from the STFC and EPSRC communities: Cosmology & black holes • Ruth Gregory • Jorma Louko • Ian Moss • Hiranya Peiris • Andrew Pontzen Ultracold atoms • Thomas Billam • Zoran Hadzibabic Superfluids & optomechanics • Carlo Barenghi • John Owers-Bradley • Xavier Rojas • Pierre Verlot Quantum circuits • Gregoire Ithier Quantum optics • Friedrich Koenig |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Simulations of the false vacuum decay in ultra-cold atoms and their applications for cosmology |
Organisation | University College London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | I have formed a strong interdisciplinary collaboration to built a solid theoretical foundation for mimicking the false vacuum decay in ultra-cold atoms experiments. While my collaborators are all cosmologists, I am the only person on the team with a background on analogue simulators and an expertise in ultra-cold atoms. |
Collaborator Contribution | My collaborators are 4 world-leading experts in cosmology: - Jonathan Braden (CITA, Canada) - Matthew C. Johnson (Perimeter Institute & York University, Canada) - Hiranya V. Peiris (University College London, UK & Oskar Klein Center for Cosmoparticle Physics, Sweden) - Andrew Pontzen (University College London, UK) Their expertise is on all matters related to the false vacuum decay. |
Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between researchers working on cosmology and analogue gravity. Currently we have one published article: Towards the cold atom analog false vacuum Authors: Jonathan Braden, Matthew C. Johnson, Hiranya V. Peiris, Silke Weinfurtner Journal ref: JHEP 07 (2018) 014 one pre-print article: A New Semiclassical Picture of Vacuum Decay Authors: Jonathan Braden, Matthew C. Johnson, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, Silke Weinfurtner Pre-print ref: arXiv:1806.06069 This study has been awarded a third Buchalter Prize in cosmology. We are currently preparing one more article: Title: Nonlinear Dynamics of the Cold Atom Analogue False Vacuum Authors: Jonathan Braden, Matthew C. Johnson, Hiranya V. Peiris, Andrew Pontzen, Silke Weinfurtner |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | WG3: Black holes and fundamental physics -- COST |
Organisation | European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Thomas Sotiriou is leading the Work Package 3 of COST funded GWverse. |
Collaborator Contribution | They are all contributing research aspects. The Action will link 3 scientific communities that are currently largely disjoint: one specializing in GW detection and analysis, another in BH modelling (in both astrophysical and GR contexts), and a third in strong-gravity tests of fundamental physics, to form a single, interdisciplinary network, facilitating a common language and a framework to discuss, interact and learn from one another. |
Impact | None yet - two meetings have taken place in Brussels (2017) and Malta (2018) |
Start Year | 2017 |
Title | VERFAHREN ZUR 3D-VERMESSUNG VON FLÜSSIGKEITEN UND GELEN |
Description | Die optische 3D-Vermessung von Flüssigkeits- und Geloberflächen ist aufgrund der ungünstigen optischen Eigenschaften dieser Oberflächen bisher nur mit unbefriedigendem Ergebnis hinsichtlich zeitlicher und räumlicher Auflösung möglich. Das neue Verfahren soll die Oberflächenvermessung auch für Flüssigkeiten und Gele mit geringem Aufwand und mit hoher zeitlicher und räumlicher Auflösung ermöglichen. Zur Vermessung der Oberfläche von Flüssigkeiten und Gelen wird ein Mehrkamerasystem mit strukturierter Beleuchtung verwendet, wobei den zu untersuchenden Flüssigkeiten und Gelen ein an die strukturierte Beleuchtung angepasster fluoreszierender Farbstoff zugesetzt wird, welcher durch die strukturierte Beleuchtung zur Emission angeregt wird. Durch die Verwendung von spektralen Filtern vor den Kameras, welche das durch Anregung des fluoreszierenden Farbstoffes emittierte Licht der Oberfläche zur Kamera passieren lassen, können bekannte Verfahren zur Berechnung von korrespondierenden Punkten genutzt werden, ohne dass störende optische Effekte der projizierten strukturierten Beleuchtung oder von Fremdlicht (spekulare Reflexe, Volumeneffekte, Transparenz) die Qualität der Rekonstruktion schmälern. 3D-Vermessung von Flüssigkeits- und Geloberflächen mit hoher räumlicher und zeitlicher Auflösung. |
IP Reference | DE102015001365 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
Licensed | Yes |
Impact | We have successfully applied the sensor to our experimental setup, leading to the world's first discovery of super radiant scattering due to rotation: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4151 . |
Description | Alpha Galileo |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with Black hole research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
URL | https://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=176403&CultureCode=en |
Description | Apollo 11 talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Ed Copeland: Talk on Apollo 11 to University of the Third age in Southwell. March 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Black holes - The edge of all we know |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The Black Laboratory was filmed by Peter Galison's film crew for a documentary on black holes prepared for cinema. https://www.blackholefilm.com/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.blackholefilm.com/ |
Description | Business Insider UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Energy from black holes can be stolen, shows an elegant new physics experiment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://uk.businessinsider.com/black-hole-energy-theft-superradiance-2017-6 |
Description | Cafe Scientifique - Malta |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 24/1/2018 "Gravity at Malta" and Cafe Scientifique Malta |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Cafe Scientifique 2018, Malta |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Cafe Scientifique Malta & Outreach Lecture for ``Gravity at Malta" Conference, January 24th 2018, Malta |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Continued Sixty Symbols and Numberphile videos |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Videos made for the General public on maths and physics. reach audiences of well over 1 Million people (Numberphile) and 250,000 (Sixty Symbols) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols |
Description | DIE ZEIT / Spectrum.de |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public science article on Weinfurtner's work on hydrodynamic rotating black holes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.spektrum.de/news/schwarzes-loch-in-der-badewanne/1583782 |
Description | Eurek Alert! |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-06/uon-smw061417.php |
Description | Featuring of Black Hole Laboratory in Netflix Documentary on 'Black Holes: The Edge of all we Know'. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | My team and I were filmed for Peter Galison's documentary on Black hole - the edge of all we know. The documentary was quite successful, won several prizes and is now available on Netflix (https://www.blackholefilm.com/). The documentary was in the top 10 movies on Netflix USA when it was initially released. There is some beautiful footage of our experiments starting around 46:00 min. Some of the feedback on our setup is very positive: https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/science-culture/seeing-the-unseeable |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.blackholefilm.com/ |
Description | Festival presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk and panel discussion, Blue dot festival, July 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Festival presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Sidmouth Science Festival - 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Formby High School (Jan 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Tony Padilla - talk on power of mathematics to raise money for his friend with cancer - held at his old school in Formby, Liverpool. (Jan 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Hands-on demonstrations of mathematical puzzles and mechanical toys |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Hands-on demonstrations of mathematical puzzles and mechanical toys (spinning tops etc) to family audience at the UofN Maths display desk at the following outreach events in Nottingham: Festival of Science and Curiosity, February 15 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Hands-on demonstrations of mathematical puzzles and mechanical toys |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Hands-on demonstrations of mathematical puzzles and mechanical toys (spinning tops etc) to family audience at the UofN Maths display desk at the following outreach events in Nottingham: Family Discovery Day, March 30 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Holst's The Planets with Nottingham Philharmonic orchestra |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nov 2019 - concert at Albert hall Nottingham. Ed Copeland discussed the planets in between each movement. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | I'm a scientist Particle Physics Subject Knowledge Zone |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Anne Green participant in I'm a scientist Particle Physics Subject Knowledge Zone (for teachers), Nov 19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
URL | https://subject.imascientist.org.uk/users/subject/particle-physics/ |
Description | Interview for Wired Science Article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Our - Silke Weinfurtner and Anastasios Avgoustidis - new proposal of Mimicking inflation with 2-fluid systems in a strong gradient magnetic field has been reported in a WIRED article. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.wired.com/story/to-understand-the-universe-physicists-are-building-their-own/ |
Description | LIVE Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Edges of Black Holes Re-Created in a Bathtub of Water |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.livescience.com/59607-black-hole-effects-simulated-with-water.html |
Description | Nottingham science Lectures (Feb 2018) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Tony Padilla - talk on power of mathematics - Nottingham science Lectures (Feb 2018) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/outreach/science-public-lectures.aspx |
Description | Numberphile videos |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tony Padilla and Ed Copeland have been involved in a a number of Numberphile videos. A recent one on the sum of the integers has attracted over 3 million hits on you tube. Hundreds of emails from students and interested people from around the world. Invitations to talk at numerous schools, articles in the NYT, de Spiegel and other major newspapers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
URL | http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile |
Description | Outreach lecture - Gravity attracts: Black holes and the quantum", given at the ``Finnish Science 100 Symposium'', Imperial College London, 4 November 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Jorma Louko - Gravity attracts: Black holes and the quantum", given at the ``Finnish Science 100 Symposium'', Imperial College London, 4 November 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/eventssummary/event_2-10-2017-13-33-21 |
Description | Pesquisa FAPESP |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Our Brazilian collaborator funded by FAPESP gave an interview to the newsletter magazine for the FAPESP: CIÊNCIA Astrofísica na banheira |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/2017/07/18/astrofisica-na-banheira/ |
Description | Phys.org |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://phys.org/news/2017-06-scientists-black-hole.html |
Description | Physics World (IOP) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Rotational superradiance spotted as water swirls down a drain |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Physics.org |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Water circling drain experiments offer insight into black holes |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://phys.org/news/2017-06-circling-insight-black-holes.html |
Description | PhysicsWorld Studying impossible systems By Matthew Francis |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public Science Article on Weinfurtner's work on hydrodynamic rotating black holes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://physicsworld.com/a/studying-impossible-systems-with-analogues/ |
Description | Pint of Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Pint of Science Festival, Nottingham, May 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Pint of Science, 2017, Nottingham, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Thomas Sotiriou - Pint of Science, May 15th 2017, Nottingham, UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/nottingham |
Description | Pint of Science, including Creative Reactions Project (March-May 2017) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Tony Padilla - Pint of Science series, including Creative Reactions Project (March-May 2017) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/nottingham |
Description | Prof Ed Copeland - Talk at Trondheim Science Week 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Presented opening talk at Trondheim Science Week 2021-- online Mar 9 -11 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.realfagsdagene.org |
Description | School talk (Gainsborough) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk given by Prof Anne Green Particle physics and the LHC' for Queen Elizabeth's High School Gainsborough |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | School talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Generally very positive feedback from staff and students who appreciate us bringing cutting edge research ideas into the classroom. See above. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2021,2022 |
Description | Science Daily |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research: Water bath simulation |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614112852.htm |
Description | Science News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists Make Waves with Black Hole Research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017061415510087.html |
Description | Siencenews |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Water circling a drain provides insight into black holes: Energy boost from rotational superradiance detected for the first time |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-circling-drain-provides-insight-black-holes |
Description | Sixty Symbols Videos |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | We have a big impact with these videos receiving thousands of comments on the videos and emails sent thanking us for the work. See above. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
URL | http://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols |
Description | Space Daily |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Scientists_make_waves_with_black_hole_research_999.html |
Description | TV space series for Discovery called Strip The Cosmos |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Silke Weinfurtner's Black Hole Laboratory was filmed for TV space series for Discovery called Strip The Cosmos. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Talk - 'The search for dark matter', New Scientist Instant Expert, London, Apr 19. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 'The search for dark matter', New Scientist Instant Expert, London, Apr 19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at AstroFest 2018. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Clare Burrage - talk on dark energy at EuropeanAstroFest 2018, London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://europeanastrofest.com |
Description | Talk at Eton College |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Ed Copeland - Oct 2020 - talk at Eton College to their Science Society. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Talk at Oundle School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Ed Copeland - Oct 2019 - talk at Oundle School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | University maths society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | 16/11/2018 Archimedeans (U. of Cambridge Math Soc) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Video Facebook Techinside UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The video was about our experimental verification of the super radiant scattering (published in Nature Physics) and viewed by more than 1,300,000 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/TechInsiderUK/videos/vb.514840712056653/697541813786541/?type=2&theater |
Description | Video Reuters |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Reuters filmed my experimental setup and this video was picked up by various other broadcasting agencies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/08/21/black-hole-in-a-bathtub-makes-waves-for?videoId=372360813 |
Description | Video The Black Hole Machine by Sixty Symbols |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This is a video coverage of my laboratory explaining the bizarre effects related to rotating black holes and how we can visualize them in my setup. The video was watched by more than 188,000 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnoYQchHFw |
Description | Video on Facebook NOWTHIS |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The video was about our experimental verification of the super radiant scattering (published in Nature Physics) and viewed by more than 3,100,000 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.facebook.com/NowThisFuture/videos/vb.1010847105623136/1703728126335027 |
Description | Women in Science seminar, University of Nottingham, Nov 7th 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Anne Green - Speaker at Women in Science seminar, University of Nottingham, Nov 7th 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Youtube channel of lectures given in Mathematical Physics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Kirill Krasnov - Youtube channel of lectures given in Mathematical Physics |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVlk8Tu1qs6lXEz7Zw-pNnw/videos?view_as=subscriber |
Description | `Dark matter: the unusual suspects' - Oct 31st 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Anne Green - Public talk on `Dark matter: the unusual suspects' at University of Nottingham, for International Dark Matter Day, Oct 31st 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | http://healthmedicinet.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://healthmedicinet.com/i/scientists-make-waves-with-black-hole-research/ |
Description | https://scitechdaily.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superadiance detection: Researchers Simulate the Conditions Around Black Holes Using a Specially Designed Water Bath |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-simulate-conditions-around-black-holes/ |
Description | nanowerk.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media coverage of our superradiance detection: Scientists make waves with black hole research (w/video) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/space/newsid=47075.php |